If you like to explore remote, unspoilt areas of the country, Loch Maree offers open space in vast quantities. You need to drive (or cycle) west of Inverness almost to the coast to reach this wonderful area. One of the best views in the Highlands is the view you get as you drive over the
Many who enjoy the outdoors and that have spent time in the mountainous areas of Scotland will be aware of mountain bothies. They may even have made use of one or two of them over the years. Lots of others won’t know of their existence, but may have perhaps wondered what that abandoned looking old
Loch Ericht (Scottish Gaelic, Loch Eireachd) is a freshwater loch on the border between Perth and Kinross and the Highlands with a north-east to south-west orientation. The village of Dalwhinnie lies at the north east end of the loch and it is the tenth largest freshwater lake in Scotland. Loch Ericht is surrounded by a
Leave No Trace principles offers us some top tips to help us minimise our own impact on the environment when we visit the countryside to work & play. We should all try to do our little bit to help make a difference where we can. These are not hard and fast rules, rather a set
Canoe Scotland have added some new information and guidelines to their website for any paddlers looking for some dos and don'ts or top tips to help minimise the impact of paddling in locations across Scotland. There are guidelines covering: Wild camping (including restrictions when paddling near scheduled monuments e.g. Caledonian Canal) Sanitation (e.g. going to
If you’re anything like us, it’s often at this time of year you might start planning your adventures for the following year. You may be new to canoeing or an experienced paddler looking for ideas about where to go and how to go about organising an adventure of your own. Here are some of our
The latest ‘Paddler’ ezine is now available to read online and in print. As always there are some great articles, but our favourite this time around is ‘In love with the NW Highlands’, a great article with some great ideas about where to go paddling in the remote, north-west Scotland. It’s not all about hard-core
Kickstart a conversation in your school wherever you are on World Ocean Day. June 8th, 2018. More people are talking about the ocean than ever this year and if you want to be part of starting an even bigger conversation in schools across the UK through, get involved in World Ocean Day. The Wild Network
Whenever we head to the outdoors for work or recreation we should all be keeping a few simple guidelines in mind, to help minimise the impact we have on the environment around us. We can all do our bit, in however little a way, to help preserve what is becoming a landscape under pressure from
Without doubt, Inverpolly is one of Scotland and the UK’s last true wilderness areas. It’s the name given to a large area of western Sutherland in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, north of Ullapool. The area contains several prominent hills, rising up from a rough landscape of bogs and lochans. For many years the area